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Our philosophy is to help our patients achieve and maintain exceptional dental health. We work hard to make sure that our level of care is deserving of our patients’ respect and confidence. Our tradition of preventive dentistry is the basis for all service and care in our practice. We welcome all questions and comments regarding dentistry in the hope that we increase your dental "IQ" and help you make better dental health decisions.Monday, August 01, 2005
Growing Teeth
Someone told me that teeth grow. Is this true and if so, what are some of the stages?
Yes, teeth do grow. Actually, our teeth start growing when we are in our mother's womb (in utero). Tooth buds are the predecessors to teeth. Baby tooth buds are the first to form. We have twenty baby teeth. These teeth start erupting when we are ten to twelve months old and we usually lose the last of our baby teeth when we are twelve years old. While we are in utero our adult (permanent) teeth start to grow in the tooth bud. Most people end up with 32 adult teeth. sixteen teeth on the top and sixteen teeth on the bottom. We start to get our adult teeth when we are in first grade. We start to lose our lower anterior baby teeth first. By the time we are 18 to 21 years of age we have all of our adult teeth. By this time a lot of people will already have had their wisdom teeth removed. The answer to your question is “yes” – teeth do grow.
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